While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
只是有点好奇是不是寰映音量放得特别大还是这片子音源就这么吓人，我要震聋了……还好只花了20块钱，看得昏昏欲睡烂俗无比，多给的一星是因为我的的确确沉浸进演唱会听歌了，笑死
低配版诺丁山，但是女主男主真的年纪大了点，cp感也不强。不过我倒是很尊重女主这样的努力的艺人，这个年纪还能如此精力旺盛去运动保持状态很令人敬佩。
风味纯正的小鸡电影好久没看了，竟然觉得还可以。
真不好看，好莱坞是黔驴技穷了么，最近没看到好电影
有点假但意外地很甜很可爱甚至于有其合理性。台上光鲜亮丽的大明星X从不冲浪热爱讲台的数学老师，反差感给够（当然和诺丁山这种经典不能比）。但是作为一次一个半小时的娱乐，再好不过了。满满粉红泡泡的享受。
hustlers 一雪几十年来的口碑后……jlo又走回了老本行【虽然是ok的romcom 并且真的非常量身定做 但是能不能换男主啊啊啊啊啊啊
很平淡但剧情忽然离谱，但是全部看完就觉得好像又不太离谱
这部剧简直就是为J.Lo量身定做的！我的J.Lo真的太美了！关键是，我怎么都没想到Owen Wilson和J.Lo竟然会有CP感！我种草电影里的好多歌了！尤其那个on my way！太喜欢了！！！！
前半段先婚后爱虽然老但还是挺有趣的，后半段就很垮。难道这部电影到最后还是想表达要一直活在别人的直播里吗
我可能对这种浪漫过敏吧 这男的什么也没对这女的付出啊！这么丑还要洗脑 拜托那是格莱美哎！
I still don’t know her.
这部电影其实在影院看得很欢乐，就是爆米花电影嘛，人好看，歌好听，夫复何求😂还有，女人要搞好事业真的很不容易，如果同时还要追求自己的爱情就更是难上加难！😔有钱有名又有颜又怎么样？也许吧。不过换个想法，搞事业和追求爱情本质上没差，都是因为想要得到所以付出行动。欧耶✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
I just love everybody in the holiday rom com is always having champagne problems and it tricks me at this time of the year.
…女主长得好像Eileen Gu
俩月之前出预告就一直在期待 看完有失望 纯纯鼓励分 情节莫名其妙不说 宛若超长mv 男主也不帅 jlo别披头发了 脖子太短显得壮
算是第一部gay christmas电影了 有甜又笑有节日气氛就好了啊 圣诞电影还要干啥
偶遇的爱情，巨星下凡，虽然是不可能发生的故事，但挑动一下粉丝的痴心妄想，听听好听的歌，也不赖。
女主角非常美，艳光四射的大明星，电影配乐也好听。男主角口头很会撩，会到根本不像一个数学老师，年纪看上去也偏大，令故事的合理性打了折扣。老又矫情，他何德何能？如果能花些篇幅烘托男主的魅力会更好。
电影看完有点儿空落落的 剧里的黑白系列摄影作品真的好看 很有感觉
这类片子太多了，哪怕找再好的明星来感觉都拍成一个样子，至今没有人能超过诺丁山，令人惋惜……
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